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Join ClinksFine Cell Work trains and pays prisoners to do craftwork in their cells to encourage motivation, improve mental health and build employability skills. FCW is geared to long-term, male and female, high risk offenders who stay on the programme for 2 to 10 years. Our goal is to enable prisoners to gain social and employment skills so they can desist from re-offending in the future. Prisoners on the programme work for 20-40 hours a week in their cells.
We have a workforce of approximately 250 prisoners across 30 prisons. The apprenticeship training is done by 50 skilled volunteers. The prisoners make hand-embroidered quilts, cushions, clothes, rugs and furniture covers which are sold internationally and to museums and designers.
Our aim is to enable prisoners to gain motivation and “work-readiness” by doing cellwork and to follow on with further employment preparation in workshops where they can do accredited training in soft furnishings, machine embroidery and upholstery.
We have a workforce of approximately 250 prisoners across 30 prisons. The apprenticeship training is done by 50 skilled volunteers. The prisoners make hand-embroidered quilts, cushions, clothes, rugs and furniture covers which are sold internationally and to museums and designers.
Our aim is to enable prisoners to gain motivation and “work-readiness” by doing cellwork and to follow on with further employment preparation in workshops where they can do accredited training in soft furnishings, machine embroidery and upholstery.
Contact
Address
Unit 2-5 Berrytime Studios
190-192 Queenstown Road
London
Greater London
SW8 3NR
United Kingdom
Work Tel. No.
020 7373 0443
info@finecellwork.co.uk
Website
In Brief
Primary Field of Work
Personal development
Custody or Community
Custody
No. of service users
403
No. of Paid Staff
9
No. of Volunteers
150
No. of peer mentors
19
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Legal status
Charitable incorporated organisation
Year of Formation
1997
Organisation's Income
£500k - £1m
Contract History
Partner organisations
Langley House Trust
Regions
East
Cambridgeshire
East Midlands
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
London
Inner London
Lambeth
Wandsworth
Outer London
Croydon
Sutton
North East
County Durham UA
Northumberland UA
North West
Cheshire West and Chester UA
Warrington UA
South East
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale
Hampshire
Winchester
Isle of Wight UA
Kent
Maidstone
South West
Dorset
East Dorset
West Dorset
Weymouth and Portland
Gloucestershire
Somerset
Taunton Deane
Wales
West Midlands
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
Rugby
Worcestershire
Yorkshire and the Humber
Area covered
National - England and Wales
Fields of Work
Education
Employment
Training